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HOUSE   OF   REPRESENTATIVES,  December   31,   loG4. 
[By  Mr.  McCalllm. 


For  ibo  iiiii  (t  n.  203;  to  j-k  n  rt  the   CoTifcdcrato  States  afi;ainst 
fraudg,  and  toprovicc  remedioH  against  o.Ticera  and  employees 
of  the  governicent  committing  them. 

1  The  Congress  of  the    Confe  Urate  States  nf  America  do  enact, 

2  That  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 

T,n'.?  .1  rii  o,,,,,  ;r,r  foron,.'.  mllitarj  department,  one  compe- 

*  Lcni  ["iTioii,  10  I'Oiijici  jii!5pector   of  such  department,   who 

5  shall   be  commissioned,  and  have  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances 

6  of  colonel  of  cavalry  ;  and  two  assistants,  who  :?b a  1  also  be  com 

7  missioned,  and  have  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  captains  of 

8  cavalry,  and  be  styled  Asjir^tant  Inspectors  of  pach  department. 
''  ^Mch  Inspectbra  of  department  shall  be  allowed  i'<"  -'r-.i^-g^  aad 

i"    such  Assistant  Insprrtors  shall  be  allowed  one  cicj  k  each, which 

1 1  clerks  for  their  services  shall  be  a^l'*wod  the  sum  of 

12  lars  per  month  and  rations,  each. 

1  Ssr  2      Each  of  said  In-yrctora  and    Assistant   Inspectors, 

2  i-hall,  beforo  entering  upon  the  dl»chari;fe.of  their  dotics,  take 

4  l.ccn  uul;-  :  i'f'Ojnt'-.a  ir.:  j'cci  J,-  ;',';caf;c 

5  may  be;  of  (aach)  d^^partmoDt  of  luo  htmy  of   tbe  Cotifederatc 
(  Aajrricfc  1  ia  all  ' 


7  according  to  my  best  ability  and  understanding,  falthfullj  and 

8  impartially  discharge  the  duties  of  my  said  office,  as  required  by 

9  law,  without  fear,  favor,  affection  or  ill  will,  so  help  me  God;" 

10  which   oath   may  bo  taken  before  auy  jadicial   ofhcer   having 

11  nuthority  to   administer  oatlis,  and  shall   be  endorsed  upon  his 

12  commission,  and  a  duplicate  thereof  filed  in  the  ofiire  of  the  Sec- 

13  j-etary  of  "War. 

1  Fec.  3.     Tl  s;;all  be  the  duty  of  each  inspector  of  department, 

2  with  the  uia  ;uki  assistance  of  their  assistants,  from  time  to  time, 

3  and  at  least  as  often  as  once  in  ever>  fiscal   cpiarter,  carefully 

4  and  thoroughly  to  examine    and   inspect   tiie  official  fsffairs  of 

5  every  qucrtermaster  aud  commissary  within   his  department,  as 
G  well  those  serving  at  posts  and   depots,  as  those   serving  wi:h 

7  any  army,  army  corps,  division,  brigade,  regiment,  battalion  or 

8  detachment  of  troops  in  tlie  field.     In  such  inspections,  said  in- 

9  spectors  and  their  assistants,  shall  ascertain—  the  amount  of  mo 

10  ney  and  property  received  by  each  such  quartermaster  and  com- 

11  missary,  for  or  on  the  account  of  the.  government;  when,  where 
12'  and  from  v-ihom  received  ;  if  money,  the  kind  of  funds  received; 
13  if  property  found,  not  in  the  possession  of  any  one,  when,  where 
.14  and  under  whai  circumstances  found,  and  when  entered  upon 
15  their  1  oils;  amount  of  money  expended,  for  what  expended, 
IG  when  e.\,yende.J.  Lo  wh^'ui  paid,  and  the  amount  remaining  on 
17  hajid,  ca;cfLilly  examirjiiig  every  voucher,  and  where  any  doubt 

1  8  pTisrs.  icfjniriT.g  additional  jiroof  in  rcbition  thereto,  noting  all 


19  (lefecta  and  dofKiencics  ;  thoy  shall,  in    porson,  carefully  exam 

20  ine  and  in?pect  the  property,  and  all  acconnts  of  every  Buch  (jnar- 

21  termastorand  coraraipsary,  noting  the  niimlifr,  kind  and  charac- 

22  (er  of  projierty,  and  the    condition    thereof,  and   also   cxnmino 

23  every  invoice,  receipt,  roll,  bill  or  olhor  voucher  in  relation  to 

24  pnch  property,  and  if  alleged  }>y  any  such  quarforma?t€ror  com- 

25  tnissary  to  have  been  by  him  purchased,  notingthe  price  of  pach 
20  article,  wlicn,  wliere  and  of  wliom  nurcliascd;  and  as  to  proper - 
27  ty  turned  over  hy  other  ofliccr?,  whru,  where  and  by  whom  turn- 
2s  oi]  i,\,'.-    comparing   the  articles  with  the    jnvcurv  ■  nnfl   ;•-'   ti> 

29  i)i'uporlj>  found  and  taken  up  upon  roll,  comparinj^^sueii  projjcrty 

30  with  such  roll:  in  every  such  case  noting  any  deficit  or  dii-crep- 
•SI  ancy.     And    in  case  of  any    deficiency,  enquire  into  the  mnnner 

32  in  which  such  deficiency  occuncd,  examining  the  vouchers  tiierr- 

33  foi       Ai.<l   wluTi'il     1i:(ll    !ic    m!.'  (  (I  fli'11  ^M  -h  (Tf-ricif  Tin-- nrr-'M'rpd 

34  ]»y  (icuiii,  ii_\    ix'iiij;  \\(H-!i  (I'll.  r;ijinii<'i  nj    i  ir.' <'iM'i(iy    ii'Kinci'  i    i 

35  or  expended,  such  inspectors  and  their  assihtant*!  s-hall   ! 

36  rigiit  to  demand,  and  in  cat^c  of  doubt  shall  deman 

37  other  than  the  statcm-  nt  or  ccrtiBcate  of  any  guch    quartern. a-- 

38  tcr  or  commi'^Bary.     >"iich   ir.spectors  and    their  assietanta  shall 

39  also  carcfally  examine  into  the  accounts  and  vouchers  of  all  i'uch 

40  quartcnnatten  and  commissi ries.  and  into  their  nafmer  of  traiffe- 

41  acting  busincse  and  keeping  a/. counts  thctcof,  and  if  the5'  io  all 

ft 

-12  respects  conform  to   the  rctjtiiicmcnti!  <f  the  ajnij  rcgulationi, 

43  and  ordcn  as  to  their  several  dcjiartmenti!i,  noting  all  A'ariationa 


44  from  and    violalioLH    of   iliC  i-auie.     They    i-liull    also  cnqniro, 

45  whether  any  such  quartermaster  or  commissary  has  timself,  or 

46  by  or  through  any  clc^k,  sergeant,  agertt,  partner,  attachee.  em- 

47  ployee,  or  any  other  person,  been  engaged,  eitlier  directly  or  in- 

48  directly,  in  any  speculation  in  any  commodity  or  article  of  pro- 

49  perty  whatever;  and  whether  any  such  quortermaster  or  com- 

50  missary  hss  bet  any  money  or  property  upon  any  game  whatso- 

51  ever.     They  shall  also  ascertain  the  names  of  all  persons  in  scr- 

52  vice  with  every  such  quai'termaster  and  commissary,  the  nature 

53  of  f  he  service  performed   by  each,  whether  a's   clerk,  sergeant, 

54  agen^,  messenger,    courier,  wagon-master,  forage*m aster,  team- 

55  ster,  butcher,  laborer  or  servant,,  and  the  company  and  regiment 

56  to  wliich  each  belongs,  or  if  still  a  citizen,  within  the  agos   of 

57  coiscription,  and  whether  such  persons  are  orate  not  apparent- 

58  ly  al)le  bodied  men  iit  for  service  in  the  ranks.     Such  inspectors 

59  and  their  assistants  sha^l  also  ascertain  wiiLin  their  respective 

60  departments,  the  names  and  locality  of  all  men  unfit  from  any 

61  cause  for  service  in  the  ranks,  and  who  are   fit"  and  willing  to 

62  take  service  in  either  of  the  departments  of  quartermaster  or 

63  commissaiy,  and  their  qualifications   for   such   service      They 

64  shall  also  enquire  into  He  manner  in  whic'^  the  supplies  and  is- 

65  sues  are  obtained  and  made  by  such  quaro  masters  and  commis 

66  saries;  whether  issues  are  made  regulaily,  in  sufficient  quanti- 

67  ties,  and  of  pro])er  quality;  and  if   not.   the  cause    or   causes 

68  therefor. 

1  Sec.  4.  Evei-y    q  iartermaster  iiiid   commissajy  bliuli,    upon 

2  the  demand  of  the  inspector,  or  cither  of  the  assistant  inspcc- 
3  tors  of  the  department  within  which    he   is  serving,  afford  to 


5 

4  !sudi  iii(-j)cct(jr  or  assistant  inspector,  ovcry  nocCi^Havy  facility, 

5  aid  and  information  to  enable  tlicm   to  make  the  inspections 

6  by  this  act  required  ;  and  phall  exhibit  to  such  inppector  or 

7  assistant  invspector,  all  their  public  nioni«  s,   ofTicial  books  and 

8  papers  of  every  kind  whatsoever;  and,  upon  rofmal  to  do  so, 

9  shall  be  immediately  reported  to   his  coramandini^  officer,  who 

10  shall,  without  delay  place  him   in  arre?t  and   can-^e    him  to  be 

11  tried  by  a  court  martial  uj  on  charge  for  disobedience  of  orders, 

12  and  the  inspector  shall  proceed   ^^ith   his  in=ijection.  as  far  as 

13  he  can  without  the  assistance  of  such  quartermast^T  or  conimis- 

14  sary. 

1  Sec.  5.  The  aasistait  inspectors   shall   be  subject  to  the  or- 

2  ders  and    directions   of  the   inspector   of  the    department   in 

3  which  they  serve,  and  ihe  Secretary  of  War  may,  at  such  times 

4  as  he  may  deem  adviFable,  cau,-e   such  inspectorB  and  assistant 

5  inspectors  to  alternate  from  cne  department  to  another,  in  pcr- 
G  formin,:,'  the  duties  r(<piired  of  them  in  thi-' a«t.  Each  inspector 
7  and  assistant  insj»cctor,  in  case  of  such   alternation,  shall   have 

,  8  the  same  povfcrs  and  rights,  and  shall  jtcrform  the  same  duties 

9  in  the  department  to  which  he  shall  be  thus  sent,  as  in  the  dc- 

10  partment  for  whicli  h  •  may  have  been  app'jioted.    . 

1  Sue.  6.  Each  in^pcctcr  of  depar-; merit   shall    make   full  and 

2  particular  d -tailed  reports  of  all   in^pectiori<<  made  by  himself 

3  and  his  a  sistauts  to  the  Secretary  of   NVar,  ^hich  repoits  shall 

4  1/u  in  duplicate,  one  to  be  forwarded  to  the  SecreUry  of  War, 
J  and  the  other  to  le  delivered  to  iho  comiuandant  of  the  dc- 
C.  ].ariuicnt  within  which  auch  in^iKJCtiou  wliall  ha?c  been  wa^Je. 

1  Skc.  7    If  it  shall  appear  by  any  buch  report,  of  any  in«p<  r- 

2  tor  of  depanmDnt,  that  any  quartermaster   or  commissftry  in 


6 

3  Buch  department  has  been  guilty  of  aiiy  malfeasance  in  office, 

4  or  shall  have  been  in  any  way,  directly  or  indirectly,  engaged 

5  in  any  speculation  in  ^ny  commodity  or    property  whatsoever, 

6  or  shall   be   guilty  of  embezzling     any  property  or  money  of 

7  the  Government,  or  shall  bo  a  defaulter  to  the  Oovernment  for 

8  any  amount,  or  shall  have  bet  any  money  or  property  upon  any 

9  game,  or  shall  have  been  interested  in  any  such  bet,  or  shall  be 
10  for  any  cause  incompetent  for  the  dischairge  of  his  official  du- 
ll tics,  or  shall  be  addicted  to  drunkenness,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 

12  the  commander  of  such  department  to  cause  any  such  quarter- 

13  master  or  commissary  to   be  iramrdiatcly  suspended  from  the 

14  performance  of  tlie  duties  of  liis  office,  placed    in   arrest,  aiid 
lo  tried  by  a  court  martial  upon  thare-ea.  to  be  preferred  by  any 

16  such  inspector  or  assistant  inspector,  or  any  other  comirissioned 

17  officer;  and,  if  upon   trial,  any  such  quarternmste'r  or  comrais- 

18  suiy  shall  be  found  guilty  of 'any  embo/zliVincnt  of  any  money, 

19  or  property  of  the  (3rOV6rnmen<    "'■   f*-  ;»o  a  defaulter  to 

20  the  Government,  or  of  having  l.^-,  ,  >  .  i..,.  .^   d  in  any  defalca- 

21  tion,  or  to  have  bet  mbney  or  property  upon  any  game,  or  been 

22  interested  in  any  such  bet,  li6*Shal'l  be  cashiered-  and,  if  found 

23  to  be  incompetent  to  discliarge  the  duties  of  his  offiet>   by  rea- 

24  son  of  mental  incapacity,  igrioranco,  or  want  of  business  quali- 

25  fications..  or  intemperate  habits,  ho  shall   bo  dismissed  from  his 

26  office,  and  in  all  such  cases  of  conviction,  they  shall  b^i  imme- 

27  diately  f.onscribed  and  placed  in   the  ranks  of  the  infantry,  if 

28  within  the  age  of  conscription,  and  physically  able  to  do  duty 

29  in  that  arm  of  the  scryice,  if  not  so  able,  they  shall  be  jmt  to 

30  such  service  as  a  private,  as    they  may  bo   physically  able  to 

31  perform,  and   suit  shall  Ijc  instituted  against  their  securities 


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32  tpon  their  official  bonds,  for  anv  dcfhnlt  whatsoerer,  which  mlv 

33  be  within  the  coftdition  '  )nd. 

1  "^KO.  8.  If  it  fhnll  appear  by  any  TOch   rejiort  of  inspection, 

2  that  thoro  ure  able  liodied   mon   in   the   employ  of  any  puch 

3  quar  terra  after  or  co>  .  and  that  there  iff  in  finch  depart- 

4  mcnt,' disabled  men  who  are  qnalified  and  willing  to  perform 

0  the  duiics  in  said  qunrfcrmn'^tr'j  and  comraiasary  department, 

6  the  departmetit  commander  shall  cunsc  snch  ftble  bolioi  men,  if 

7  belonging  to  companies,  to  be  at  once  rctiirnod  to  iheir  respec- 

8  tive  commands,  when  practicable,  if  not  practicable  by  reawn 
f>  of  the  absence  of  snch  -tjomniand   from  Fnch  department,  or  if 

10  Buch  able-bodied  men  d»  not  bclonf^  to  any  command,  and  are 

1 1  vritliin  the  ages  of  couecriTi^'nn.  ?n:-h  'Icr.nrtmentcommander.'^hall 
],  v......ve  them  to  be  placed  ...     .  ,  . ,. ,    ..  ,t  ,  some  company  within 

1 3  his  department,  and  the  places  of  all  tuch  able-bodied  men  sliall 

14  be  supplied  by  gnch  disabled  men,  Oi*  men  not  fit  for  service  in 

15  the  ranks,  as  may  be  able  and  qualilicd  for  such  scrTioe. 

1  Sfx  0.  'ihe  terms  quartermaster  and  commissary,  a«  used 

2  in  this  act,  shall  be  held  to  include  officers  of  crery  rank,  in 

3  these  several  departments,  who  are  exerciuing  the  functioas  of 

4  such  office. 

1  ."''i  c.  j'l      >;  Tor  aV  ■  '  ''•>fs* 

2  or  their  a-' 

3  any  u  /.ice  of  ai  ■'<■  fetcii    ) 

4  made  at  313' h  t]  -t  m  UiO  yet  I 

5  ance  of  it*  , 

6  to  any  such  qav 

1  >FC.  11.    If  any  ^ 

2  having  oni' 


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0  wilfully  fail,  nei^tecl  or  refuse  to  make  the  inspection  and  re» 

4  ports  thereof,  or  any  one  of  either,  as  required  by  thffe  ac',  or 

5  shall,  through  any  fear,  favor  or  aflfection,  or  for  any  reward,  or 

6  for  the  promise  or  hope  thereof,  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  make 

7  true  and  faithful  reports  of  acts  of  malfeasance,  defaults,  embez- 

8  zlcmcnts.  or  other  iniproper  acts  in  office,  by  any  such  quarter- 

9  master  or  commicsaiy,  whose  affairs  it  shall  become  his  duty  to 

10  inspect  as  provided   by  this  act:  or  if  any  such    inspector  or 

11  assistant  inspector,  shall,  through  any  ill  will,  prejudice,  or  for 

12  any  other  cause,  wilfully  make  any  false  report  as  to  any  such 

13  matters,  he  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  by  a  court  martial, 

14  be  cashiered,  or  suffer  such  ether   punishment   as  may  be   ad- 
lo  judged  by  the  Court  trying  the  case. 

1  Skc.  12.     It  shall   be  the  duty  of  the  Sc'^retary  of    War  to 

2  eaupe  the  inspections  and  the  rcj'orts  thereof  required   by  this 

3  act.  to  be  promptly  made,  according  to  such  form  as  he  may 

4  prescribe. 


